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Digital Culture & Technology

A focused shelf of free JJ University books connected to Digital Culture & Technology.

Speaking in Code

A history of artificial intelligence from its theoretical origins to the deep learning revolution that transformed the field.

The AI Takeover Already Happened

A stark exposé of how social media algorithms and tech platforms have already conquered your attention, hijacked your decision-making, and turned everyday apps into behavioral control systems.

Bezos

How Jeff Bezos trained billions to click without thinking and built Amazon into a planetary-scale behavior modification engine.

Saturday Morning Forever

A philosophical exploration of how Cartoon Network shows shaped millennial consciousness through chaos, imagination, and accidental profundity.

The Dopamine Goblin

How dopamine-driven design in social media, dating apps, and porn hijacks our brains to keep us endlessly swiping, scrolling, and clicking.

THE FANTASY MACHINE

How internet pornography rewired a generation's sexuality and replaced real human connection with algorithmic stimulation.

Gates

The rise of Bill Gates from obsessive computer kid to Microsoft titan to philanthropist, tracing the personal and corporate forces that built the digital age.

THE GIG ECONOMY

A searing exposé of how Uber, DoorDash, and Amazon turned employment into exploitation by disguising workers as independent contractors.

Page and Brin

The story of Larry Page and Sergey Brin's transformation from dorm room coders to architects of the algorithm that reorganized human knowledge—and the moral reckoning that followed.

Life Inside China

A first-person account of daily life in modern China where the Party monitors your phone, shapes your family values, and controls what you can say or search.

Skulls & Shopping Carts

A tribute to the Jackass crew that explores how a band of daredevils turned pain into entertainment, friendship into tragedy, and stupidity into cultural phenomenon.

Jobs

Steve Jobs slashed Apple's bloated product line to four quadrants and dragged the company back from bankruptcy—90 days away from collapse—to reshape computing, animation, and how we stare through screens.

marx.exe

Marx's critique of capitalism translated for the gig economy generation—why you feel like you're losing a game rigged before you logged on.

Musk

The story of Elon Musk's journey from PayPal to SpaceX, Tesla, Twitter, and Neuralink—a man racing to merge human brains with AI before artificial intelligence leaves humanity behind.

Nintendo

The rise of Nintendo from an 8-bit underdog to a gaming empire that conquered living rooms worldwide through innovation, motion controls, and pure cultural dominance.

The NSA

A irreverent exposé of the NSA's evolution from secret agency to digital surveillance behemoth, culminating in Edward Snowden's explosive 2013 leaks.

Phones

The story and cultural impact of the device that revolutionized how billions of people communicate, work, and live.

The Valve That Never Closes

How Valve's Steam platform conquered PC gaming by convincing gamers to trade ownership for convenience and accept constant surveillance as the price of play.

What Would Stoney Do?

A Scooby-Doo-style mystery adventure where childhood nostalgia collides with AI uploads, ancestral codes, and cosmic masks across supernatural dimensions.

TAYLOR SWIFT

A critical dissection of how Taylor Swift engineered herself into a pop culture machine, turning personal drama into profit and mastering the game of modern celebrity.

Thiel

Inside the mind and moves of Peter Thiel, Silicon Valley's most secretive power broker who shaped PayPal, Palantir, and a presidency.

TikTok

How TikTok's algorithm turned endless scrolling into a cultural and political force that reshaped how billions of people spend their time.

A Totally Normal Story

A personal journey through heartbreak and existential crisis in Miami, where AI chatbots, reality-breaking theories, and rock-bottom moments collide into something unexpectedly real.

Zuckerberg

The rise, dominance, and desperate reinvention of Mark Zuckerberg as he transforms from dorm room coder to social media overlord to embattled billionaire trying to act human.